Hop-shovel



(NoMoaeL) B. F. JACOBS.

HOP SHOVEL.

No. 398,330. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

WITNESSES,

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMI),T E. JACOBS, MILEORD, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO MARCUS LUTHER, OE HARTWTIOK, NEW YORK.

HOPHSHOVL..

SPCFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,330, dated February 19, 1889.

Application tiled June 19, 1888. Serial No. 277,542. (No model.)

To f//ZZ 11171/0712, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Jacoss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milford, in the eounty of Otsego and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hop-Shovels and I do declare the ifollowin g to be a full, clear, and exact description of.' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertans to make and usc the same, reference being' had 1o the aceompanying drawings, and to letters or figures oi' reference marked thereon, which form a part ot' this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawin is a representation oi' this inventioin'and is a longitudinal section. Fig. isa bottom view.

lhe invention relates to improvements in hop-shovels; and it consists in the construe tion and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

It has been the practice to remove the hops from the kiln by means of a rake, which is objectionable, for the reason that when the hops are first dried and yet warm they break up very easily and are very sensitive to the handling they receive. NYhen raked ott' the kiln, they not only break, but lose their dust, which detracts materially from their marketable value. The obj eet of my invention is to obviate this difiifgfulty by providing a bag to hold the hops and the dust when it is desired to remove the hops from the kiln.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a light rectangular frame of wood or other suitable material, consisting oii' the sides B, having a slight upward curve ltoward the front, the thin or transversely-beveled front bar, (i,

i i i i i the rear bar, D, and the bar E, having its ends secured to the side bars at a, The bar E serves as a brace to the main frame, and also receives the end of the handle E, which projects outwardly therefrom through an opening in the barD. The lower inner edges of the side hars and the bar D are rabbeted, as at Z), so that the nails or tack-l1eads securing the bag G thereon will not interfere with the movement of the shovel-frame on the iloor.

The bag or hop receptacle G is preferably of a light -close material, so that itwill not add greatly to the weight of the shovel, and, owing to the close texture of the material, the dust will not sift through. The bag hangs downwardly in its central portion, and is designed to hold seven or eight pounds'of hops.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. In a hop-shovel, the combination,with the rectangular frame having the lower inner edges rabbeted,and the handle, of the bag, of light elose material, having its edges secured within the rabbeted portion, substantially as specified.

2. A hop-shovel consisting of the frame composed of the sides having the upwardlycurved ends, the transversely-beveled front bar, the rear bar and the bar E, the bag secured to the lower side ot' the said frame, and the handle, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. J ACOBS.

\\'itnesses:

EUGENE LUTHER, Lvsoon' P. PERKiNs. 

